Using Commands in Microsoft Teams

• Commands are shortcuts for performing common tasks in Teams: update your status, go to a specific channel, show your recent files and saved messages, and more

How to Access Commands

• To use a command, start with "/" in the search bar at the top
  • This is also where you can use the "@" symbol to look for activity with a specific person

Which Commands Can I Use?

• Set your status
  • /available, /away, /brb (be right back), /busy, /dnd (do not disturb) will set your status accordingly for anyone viewing your profile
• Actions
  • /call, followed by a person's name will allow you to call them directly
  • /testcall will allow you to call the "Teams Echo" bot to test your audio capability for calls
  • /join, followed by the team name will allow you to join, or request to join, that team
    • /join and simply hitting "enter" will allow you to see any teams that you are allowed to join, or do not have "invite only" restrictions
  • /goto, followed by a team name or channel, will allow you to go directly to that team or channel
    • /goto, followed by "enter", will provide a list of all teams you are part of to select from
• Information
  • /files will allow you to see all of your recent files
  • /help will take you to the Teams help center
  • /keys will show you all keyboard shortcuts for Teams
  • /mentions will show everywhere you were mentioned by name
  • /saved will show you any messages you saved within Teams
  • /unread will show you any unread activity
  • /whatsnew will show you what is new in Teams
    • Note that any new feature in Teams may not always be available in Teams for WesternU for security reasons
  • /who will allow you to ask a question about someone
    • The types of questions you can ask "Who" are:
      • Who is Jane?
      • Who are Jack's peers?
      • Who is Roger's manager?
      • Who does Emma work with?
      • Who reports to Julie?
      • Who knows about marketing?
      • Who did I meet with about product design?
      • Who has information about Microsoft Teams?
      • Who emailed me about launch in the past 2 weeks?
      • Who's the Bill that emailed me about status reports?